Old and New Dreams (1977 album)

Old and New Dreams is the debut album by the jazz quartet Old and New Dreams. The record features trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell and was recorded in 1976 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1] It is not to be confused with their 1979 album of the same name for ECM.

Old and New Dreams
Studio album by
Old and New Dreams
Released1977
RecordedOctober 1976
GenreJazz
Length43:31
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Old and New Dreams chronology
Old and New Dreams
(1977)		 Old and New Dreams
(1979)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Michael G. Nastos, writing for allmusic, awarded the album 4½ stars calling them simply "A great group".[2] In the All Music Guide to Jazz, Nastos described the album as "fully realized. Quintessential. Modern jazz supreme…."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Handwoven" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:53
  2. "Dewey's Tune" (Dewey Redman) - 5:52
  3. "Chairman Mao" (Charlie Haden) - 7:33
  4. "Next to the Quiet Stream" (Don Cherry) - 6:42
  5. "Augmented" (Cherry) - 10:05
  6. "Old and New Dreams" (Redman) - 6:26

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City in October 1976.

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References
  1. Black Saint Records discography accessed May 3, 2011
  2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 2, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 154. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Nastos, Michael G. (1994), Ron Wynn (ed.), All Music Guide to Jazz, M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, p. 504, ISBN 0-87930-308-5
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